North Wessex Downs

The North Wessex Downs is a region of downland in southern England which covers an area of some 670 square miles of scenic rural hillsides. It stretches as far east as the suburbs of Reading, Berkshire, as far north as Didcot in Oxfordshire, and as far south as Basingstoke in Hampshire. In 1972, it was designated an "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty" by the British government.